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2007-02-05 Home Front: WoT

38% Of Marines Have Not Been To Iraq Or Afghanistan

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-05 15:57|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Give 'em a rifle, point 'em in the right direction and get the hell out of the way.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-05 16:16|| 2007-02-05 16:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm still recovering from the description one of you gave recently of the Marines' response to an ambush. I knew, but that's not the same as hearing the words said aloud.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-05 16:45|| 2007-02-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#3 "every marine is a rifleman"

Them Marines is a spunky bunch. Something that stuck in my head was a comment from a Marine to a reporter during the initial drive of the war against Saddam. The Iraqis had been, not surprsingly, attacking the long supply lines. The reporter made it sound like this was a novel, unexpected and disabling tactic. The Marine's response was "You don't understand. We're not just truckdrivers. We're truckdrivers with guns!"

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-05 17:24|| 2007-02-05 17:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Kinda makes you wonder how "overstretched" we are if 1/3rd of our willing troops haven't been in combat.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-02-05 18:26|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-05 18:26|| Front Page Top

#5 TW, was that me the other day? Something about a target rich environment and attacking "through" the ambush?

As I recall, I was a little long-winded and the argument being made was against that idiot named Ware's apparent panic at some group of Marines or US Army having gotten themselves surrounded with no supply lines and dwindling ammunition.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-02-05 18:36|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-02-05 18:36|| Front Page Top

#6 ... that idiot named Ware's apparent panic at some group of Marines or US Army having gotten themselves surrounded with no supply lines and dwindling ammunition.

Nuts!

/I know that was the Army and this article's about the USMC, but it seems apropos.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-02-05 19:54|| 2007-02-05 19:54|| Front Page Top

#7 That was indeed you, FOTSGreg. Your key point was succinct and -- clearly -- memorable.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-05 20:30|| 2007-02-05 20:30|| Front Page Top

#8 "They've got us surrounded - the poor bastards!"

Posted by Pappy 2007-02-05 20:54|| 2007-02-05 20:54|| Front Page Top

#9 The thing that the average civvie doesn't understand is that we actually like to fight. We didn't join for the "great college money" (because compared to our sister services our college bonuses ain't that great). In my 10 yrs I've never heard one Marine say he joined for college cash - never. If he did he's a moron, should've went Army - because we can't match their money for college program.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-02-05 20:59|| 2007-02-05 20:59|| Front Page Top

#10 That's it, Pappy. I just recently came to hear the story behind that quote. Quite awe-inspiring. I'm not of a military background, but hats off to the boyz who are (and who are itching to get in the fight).

Posted by BA 2007-02-05 22:21|| 2007-02-05 22:21|| Front Page Top

#11 My nephew ~~conned~~ talked his mother into allowing him to join so he could get into a heavy engine mechanic MOS and most likely serve stateside. After Parris Island he did what he really wanted to and went 0311.

After Legeune he got orders to a MEU and is thrilled. Just can't wait to be deployed and is worried the scrap in the sandbox will be over before he gets there.

Posted by GORT 2007-02-05 22:23|| 2007-02-05 22:23|| Front Page Top

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